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The series on the subject of attempted crime begins. It is based on the norms of the Argentine Criminal Code: arts 42, 44 and 43. The first provides that attempted crime is punishable by the penalties provided for in art 44, a norm that establishes a reduced penal scale with respect to the completed crime and also provides for the institution of unsuitable attempt. For its part, art 43 establishes the institution of desistance from the attempt. Secondly, the different theories that underpin the punishment of attempted crime are analyzed, considering the criminal policy consequences of the objective and subjective theories. Towards the end, the impact of these theories on the Argentine Criminal Code is analyzed and how the legal formula for reducing the penal scale established in art 44 of the Criminal Code should be interpreted is considered.